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The Dallas Fed reports Texas Manufacturing Activity Weakens Again Texas factory activity declined in April, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
Originally posted here: Reader Question: Is the Minimum Wage Really a Maximum Wage?
Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional
Links American Politics: A House of Mirrors April 25, 2015 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – A house of mirrors is an immersive, highly distorted and intentionally confusing version of reality.
The San Francisco Chronicle details the problem in BART has New Problem: Old Tracks . The nearly half-century-old system needs to replace its worn steel rails and cross ties.
Andy Lacis comments on Judith Curry’s visit to the hall of mirrors at And Then There is Physics , but in the spirit of the think, allow Eli to repost. —————————– Let me toss on here what I posted on ClimateEtc in regard to the recent (April 15, 2015) Science, Space, and Technology Committee Congressional Hearing: As was to be expected, Congressional hearings are more about political posturing rather than being a directed effort of objective information gathering
Durable Goods Orders Up but Core Capital Goods Negative Again Posted by Michael Shedlock at 12:08 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. The ideas expressed on this site are solely the opinions of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of sponsors or firms affiliated with the author(s)
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Tweet … but not the warmest 60 months in a row , so climate change is a hoax. The warmest 60 months in a row happened in ancient history, from March 2010 through February 2015
Spain’s Unemployment Rate Increases to 23.7%; 114,300 Jobs Vanish in First Quarter, Public Sector Jobs Rise Posted by Michael Shedlock at 5:28 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice.